Keiji Wada

Keiji Wada publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keiji Wada sits on this spectrum.

Keiji Wada D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keiji Wada sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

  Kohichi Tanaka;Kei Watase;Toshiya Manabe;Keiko Yamada

  2077
  Citations

• Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

  Etsuko Wada;Keiji Wada;Jim Boulter;Evan Deneris

  1253
  Citations

• Immunochemical characterization of the non-NMDA glutamate receptor using subunit-specific antibodies. Evidence for a hetero-oligomeric structure in rat brain.

  R J Wenthold;N Yokotani;K Doi;K Wada

  745
  Citations

• Intragenic deletion in the gene encoding ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase in gad mice.

  Kazumasa Saigoh;Yu-Lai Wang;Jun-Gyo Suh;Toshiyuki Yamanishi

  632
  Citations

• Stargazin modulates AMPA receptor gating and trafficking by distinct domains

  Susumu Tomita;Hillel Adesnik;Masayuki Sekiguchi;Wei Zhang

  590
  Citations

• Microglia–Müller Glia Cell Interactions Control Neurotrophic Factor Production during Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Shinichi Kohsaka;Etsuko Wada

  502
  Citations

• Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 binds to and stabilizes monoubiquitin in neuron

  Hitoshi Osaka;Yu Lai Wang;Koji Takada;Shuichi Takizawa

  498
  Citations

• Glutamate Transporter GLAST Is Expressed in the Radial Glia–Astrocyte Lineage of Developing Mouse Spinal Cord

  Takashi Shibata;Keiko Yamada;Masahiko Watanabe;Kazuhiro Ikenaka

  488
  Citations

• Motor discoordination and increased susceptibility to cerebellar injury in GLAST mutant mice.

  Kei Watase;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano;Keiko Yamada

  476
  Citations

• Functional Comparison of d-Serine and Glycine in Rodents: The Effect on Cloned NMDA Receptors and the Extracellular Concentration

  Taka-aki Matsui;Masayuki Sekiguchi;Atsushi Hashimoto;Urara Tomita

  472
  Citations

• Mice lacking bombesin receptor subtype-3 develop metabolic defects and obesity

  Hiroko Ohki-Hamazaki;Kei Watase;Kazutoshi Yamamoto;Hiroo Ogura

  449
  Citations

• Primary structure and expression of β2: A novel subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

  Evan S. Deneris;John Connolly;Jim Boulter;Etsuko Wada

  395
  Citations

• Functional expression of a new pharmacological subtype of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

  Keiji Wada;Marc Ballivet;Jim Boulter;John Connolly

  391
  Citations

• The functions of UCH-L1 and its relation to neurodegenerative diseases.

  Rieko Setsuie;Keiji Wada

  387
  Citations

• Maternal obesity impairs hippocampal BDNF production and spatial learning performance in young mouse offspring.

  Yusuke Tozuka;Mami Kumon;Etsuko Wada;Masafumi Onodera

  343
  Citations

• Neurotoxins distinguish between different neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit combinations.

  Charles W. Luetje;Keiji Wada;Scott Rogers;Stewart N. Abramson

  329
  Citations

• Functions of the two glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT-1 in the retina

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiro Inoue

  311
  Citations

• Modification of Glial–Neuronal Cell Interactions Prevents Photoreceptor Apoptosis during Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Naoki Nakayama;Shigeru Okuyama

  309
  Citations

• Clinico-pathological rescue of a model mouse of Huntington's disease by siRNA.

  Yu-Lai Wang;Wanzhao Liu;Etsuko Wada;Miho Murata

  299
  Citations

• Sequence and expression of a frog brain complementary DNA encoding a kainate-binding protein

  Keiji Wada;Claude J. Dechesne;Shunichi Shimasaki;Ron G. King

  260
  Citations

• Aberrant Interaction between Parkinson Disease-associated Mutant UCH-L1 and the Lysosomal Receptor for Chaperone-mediated Autophagy *

  Tomohiro Kabuta;Akiko Furuta;Shunsuke Aoki;Koh Furuta

  249
  Citations

• EAAT4 is a post-synaptic glutamate transporter at Purkinje cell synapses.

  Keiko Yamada;Masahiko Watanabe;Takashi Shibata;Kohichi Tanaka

  177
  Citations

• PLGA artificial nerve conduits with dental pulp cells promote facial nerve regeneration

  Ryo Sasaki;Shunsuke Aoki;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroto Uchiyama

  158
  Citations

• Neuroprotective role of bradykinin because of the attenuation of pro‐inflammatory cytokine release from activated microglia

  Mami Noda;Yukihiro Kariura;Ulrike Pannasch;Kaori Nishikawa

  158
  Citations

• Facilitation of Extinction Learning for Contextual Fear Memory by PEPA: A Potentiator of AMPA Receptors

  Ko Zushida;Mikako Sakurai;Keiji Wada;Masayuki Sekiguchi

  145
  Citations

• Developmental regulation of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme expression during spermatogenesis in mice.

  Jungkee Kwon;Yu Lai Wang;Rieko Setsuie;Satoshi Sekiguchi

  140
  Citations

• Direct uptake and degradation of DNA by lysosomes

  Yuuki Fujiwara;Hisae Kikuchi;Shu Aizawa;Akiko Furuta

  139
  Citations

• Dopaminergic neuronal loss in transgenic mice expressing the Parkinson's disease-associated UCH-L1 I93M mutant.

  Rieko Setsuie;Yu Lai Wang;Hideki Mochizuki;Hitoshi Osaka

  137
  Citations

• The slow Wallerian degeneration gene, WldS, inhibits axonal spheroid pathology in gracile axonal dystrophy mice

  Weiqian Mi;Bogdan Beirowski;Thomas H. Gillingwater;Robert Adalbert

  136
  Citations

• Potential role of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptors in Müller glial cells during light-induced retinal degeneration

  C Harada;T Harada;H.-M.A Quah;F Maekawa

  133
  Citations

• G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Screen Reveals a Role for Chemokine Receptor CCR5 in Suppressing Microglial Neurotoxicity

  Kazushige Gamo;Sumiko Kiryu-Seo;Hiroyuki Konishi;Shunsuke Aoki

  125
  Citations

• The novel δ opioid receptor agonist KNT-127 produces antidepressant-like and antinociceptive effects in mice without producing convulsions.

  Akiyoshi Saitoh;Azusa Sugiyama;Toru Nemoto;Hideaki Fujii

  123
  Citations

• Neurosphere generation from dental pulp of adult rat incisor.

  Ryo Sasaki;Shunsuke Aoki;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroto Uchiyama

  121
  Citations

• Dynamic changes in expression of glutamate transporter mRNAs in developing brain.

  Takashi Shibata;Masahiko Watanabe;Kohichi Tanaka;Keiji Wada

  120
  Citations

• Role of ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase-L1 in neural cell apoptosis induced by ischemic retinal injury in vivo.

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Yu Lai Wang;Hitoshi Osaka

  112
  Citations